Monday morning it was reported that Peyton Manning had decided to negotiate exclusively to play for the Denver Broncos for the foreseeable future. Tuesday details of Manning’s contract became available, with the deal being reported at five years, $96 million by NFL business analyst Andrew Brandt. Manning will receive $18 million for the 2012 season, [...]

    The Naismith Award for men’s college basketball Player of the Year was first given in 1969 to UCLA’s Lew Alcindor. The winner of this year’s trophy will either be Kentucky’s Anthony Davis, Michigan State’s Draymond Green, Doug McDermott of Creighton, or Kansas’ Thomas Robinson. Davis is averaging 14.3 points, 10 rebounds, and 4.6 [...]

Free agent safety LaRon Landry had the sports internet going crazy a couple weeks ago when he posted photos and a video of himself working out like a madman. The NY Jets were desparate for help at safety and have decided to take a chance on the injury-prone Landy by agreeing to a one-year contract [...]

Early Monday LTSB reported that Peyton Manning will be joining the Denver Broncos for the foreseeable future. The Broncos already have a solid core of receivers and the pieces around Manning to win now, but don’t be surprised if the Broncos now focus their sites on another top free agent: Pittsburgh restricted WR Mike Wallace. In just [...]

Reports are that Peyton Manning has selected the Denver Broncos as his next team, and all indications are that the team will try to trade Tim Tebow once a deal with Manning is finalized.

Times have gotten pretty tough for former NBA all-star Antoine Walker. After spending 12 seasons in the NBA and making over $108 mil in salary (not including endorsements) Walker filed for bankruptcy in 2010, claiming that he is $12.7 mil in debt with only $4.3 mil in assets. One of those assets apparently his NBA [...]

    The Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Washington Wizards tonight 97-92 with Rudy Gay (27 pts, 9 reb, 2 stl, 1 blk) leading the way. Zach Randolph had 13 and 9 boards in his second game back from a right knee injury. Reserve guard Jeremy Pargo was 1-4 from the floor for 2 points. His [...]

    Last summer the Seattle Seahawks signed former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Tarvaris Jackson to a 2-year contract and head coach Pete Carroll announced him as the starter not too long after. Jackson played in 15 games, completing 60% of his passes for 3,091 yards, 14 touchdowns, and 13 interceptions. Seattle finished the season 22nd [...]

    New Mexico fell short in their attempt to advance to the Sweet 16 last night as they fell 59-56 to Rick Pitino, Peyton Siva, Russ Smith and the Louisville Cardinals. Senior forward Drew Gordon led New Mexico with 21 points and 14 rebounds although it looked as if his night would be cut [...]

    March Madness is great for alot of reasons, among them being the Cinderella stories and occasional upsets no one saw coming. Since the NCAA Tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985 no #1 seed has lost to a #16 seed. Today Norfolk State University became just the fifth #15 seed to take down [...]

    St. Patrick’s Day is tomorrow and many throughout the sports world are in the spirit and green will be prominent this weekend in honor of the holiday. The Chicago Bulls with sport green uniforms when they take on the Sixers tomorrow night and Derrick Rose will be wearing these adizero shoes. The Toronto [...]

The New York Yankees have signed veteran pitcher Andy Pettitte to a minor league deal worth $2.5 million, according to a report by YES Network’s Jack Curry:   Pettitte had been working with the Yankees in spring training as a special guest instructor and was said to be entertaining thoughts of a comback. The 39-year old left [...]

The developments in the Peyton Manning saga are coming fast and furious, as it is now being reported that the Dolphins are out of the running and Broncos staff are flying to North Carolina for a workout.

    The Portland Trailblazers started the 2011-2012 season 3-0 in an abbreviated December schedule. Since then their record has been progressively worse each each month. The Blazers finished January 9-9, were 6-8 in February, and are currently 2-6 in March. At the moment Portland is 20-23 and in 12th place in the NBA’s Western [...]

    LTSB keeps you covered on the latest transactions leading up to the 2012 NBA trade deadline.   The Los Angeles Clippers acquired Nick Young, the Washington Wizards received Nene Hilario, and the Denver Nuggets landed JaVale McGee in three-team trade. The Los Angeles Lakers sent Derek Fisher to the Houston Rockets for Jordan [...]

Former NBA All-Star and world champion Shaquille O’Neal has now moved on to life as a studio analyst and can be seen on TNT as well as NBATV. Before he teamed up with Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, and Ernie Johnson and before he was acting in movies like Blue Chips and catching alley-oops from Anfernee “Penny” [...]

News of NBA deals flew in at a frantic pace at the trade deadline this year… The Los Angeles Clippers have acquired Nick Young from the Washington Wizards as part of a three-team trade. To complete the trade, the Wizards are receiving Nene Hilario from Denver and Brian Cook and a 2nd round pick from [...]

After moving to upgrade at the point guard position by trading for Ramon Sessions, the Lakers made a shocking move by dealing veteran team leader Derek Fisher to the Houston Rockets for PF Jordan Hill. The Lakers will also send a first round pick to Houston, according to Y! Sports Adrian Wojnarowski. Y! Sports reports that [...]

The Los Angeles have been the team mentioned most in trade rumors this season and finally made a move to improve their bggest area of need by trading for Cleveland Cavaliers back up point guard Ramon Sessions Thursday. The Lakers send Luke Walton and a 2012 first round pick to the Cavs, with Cleveland sending Christian [...]

The Portland Trail Blazers have traded Gerald Wallace to the New Jersey Nets for Mehmet Okur, Shawne Williams and a protected 2012 first-round pick.

With the biggest target in trade talks Dwight Howard deciding to stay put for another season, the New Jersey Nets moved quickly to bring in pieces to persuade Deron Williams to stay by trading oft-injured center Mehmet Okur, forward Shawne Williams and a protected 2012 first round pick to the Portland Trailblazers for Gerald Wallace. Yahoo! Sports was the [...]

The Buffalo Bills set their sights on securing the biggest defensive free agent on the market and have achieved their goal by landing LB/DE Mario Williams. Adam Schefter reports the deal is for six years, $100 mil with $50 mil guaranteed. Williams missed 11 games in 2011 after suffering a torn pectoral muscle. When healthy, Williams is [...]

It’s that time again! March Madness is upon us and people are scrambling to fill out their brackets and entering their office pools before the action gets under way Thursday March 15. In the tradition of the college hoops season, the Los That Sports Blog team all put together their own brackets. Each one comes [...]

    Three-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman Darnell Dockett is one of the more entertaining athletes you’ll come across. He’s also a lover of exotic animals. Last summer Dockett tweeted the above picture of his latest purchase, NINO. The folks at NOC have been profiling athletes lately as part of their Let’s Buy Sh t [...]

    After two seasons in Denver Peyton Hillis burst into the national spotlight in 2010 with the Cleveland Browns when he rushed for 1,177 yards and 11 touchdowns. Big things were expected from the 26 in 2011 but that was far from what happened. Hillis finished last season with just 587 yards and 3 [...]